Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,759, Abraham Dodge, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Dodge, Abraham
S. 34,759
CONTENTS

1,2115
Massachusetts.
Abraham Dodge, Capt Greenleaf Private Massachusetts line - 2/mo
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts. at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of April, 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 17 th of July, 1818, and sent to the care of Daniel A. White, Esq; Salem, Mass ts
Arrears to 4th of Sept: 1818 - $: 24 - Settled after coding 41.03
4 months 15 / 30 - $: 32 - 5 months 4 / 31 $: 41.03. { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818 }
Continued
Newburyport Essex Co.
Repetition sent July 29th 1820 Robert Tucker Salem Massachusetts

Abraham Dodge.
Newburyport - Mass:
 Daniel A. White, Esq.; Judge, Essex county, Mass ts .
Abraham Dodge, Massachusetts line, Revolutionary claim.
found on the rolls of the 11th Mass ts regiment.
Correct.

I Abraham Dodge of Newburyport, in the County of Essex, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on Oath do testify and declare, as follows. viz That in the year of our LORD 1779, and on the seventh day of July, in that year, I enlisted into the Army of the United States, in the Company commanded by Captain Moses Greenleaf, eleventh Massachusetts Regiment (under the command of Colonel Tupper, in General Pattersons Brigade:— That I served in said Company from the said seventh of July 1779, until the fifteenth day of April following, making nine months and eight days, when I was regularly discharged. — That during the said time the Company to which I belonged was stationed at Fort Putnam. Abraham Dodge
I do further swear that I have lost my discharge although carefully preserved for several years - also that by reason of reduced circumstances I am in need of the assistance of my country for support - Abraham Dodge

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Essex ss: I Daniel Alwhite, Judge of the Court of Probate of the said County of Essex, do certify that Abraham Dodge of Newburyport in said County personally ap- peared on the first day of April A.D. 1810. & made the declaration aforesaid by him signed un- der oath before me, & thereafterwards in like manner the additional declaration aforesaid by him signed; That the affidavit annexed of Daniel Dodge was duly taken & sworn to; and that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Abraham Dodge served in the revolutionary war, as set forth in his said declaration.
Given under my hand & the seal of the said Court the twentieth day of April in the year aforesaid.
D. Alwhite.

Abraham Dodge
1215 New York
July 1818
C
Sep 1818
on this day of A.D. the seal of the said Court, as shown in said County of ... In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed
copy exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property the record of the said Court; and I do further certify that it is that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied
took and subscribed the aforesaid Oath before me. Then the aforesaid
C.C.C. B. June Term V.D. 1818
Judge of said Court
and at the same time he appeared to the Court and the following Oath

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Abraham Dodge resident in Newburyport , in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 1215 now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
"WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM."
"I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Abraham Dodge late a private in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the first day of April , one thousand eight hundred and eighteen "
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"Given at the War Office of the United States, this seventeenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and eighteen "
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,"
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit,
 2 pine tables $ 2. 1 maple light stand 50 cts $ 2.50  3 chests $ 2.25 2 old trunks 50 cts 6 chairs $ 2.50 5.25  1 iron pot 50 cts 1 kettle 50 cts 1 tea kettle 20 cts 1.30  1 skillet 10 cts Gridiron 50 cts 1 Bake kettle 50 cts 1.10  Cookery ware $ 1.50 Glassware 75 cts Small looking glass $ 1. 3.25  knives and forks 75 cts meat barrel 30 cts water cask 50 cts 1.55  Tin ware $ 1.25 Linnen and other articles $ 3.75 5.  debts due to him old and new - good and bad worth 7.  $ 26.95 
That he is Fifty nine years old, by trade a Brick layer, has worked at that business principally since the resolution - but owing to heavy losses in his business and the expenses of a very large family he has been reduced in his circumstances, and encumbered by debts which he now owes to the amount of Dollars, and has nothing remaining to assist in support of his family, now consisting of a wife who

in fifty two years old. Six children from Eight to Sixteen. and one grand child who is dependent on him entirely.
That he served in the Army of the United States, in the war of the revolution on the Continental establishment. as he stated in the declaration made by him on his application for a pension April 1. 1818 Abraham Dodge
Exex. p. July 10. 1820 then the above named Abraham Dodge made oath that the said schedule & statement by him subscribed, are true, before me.
Stephen Minot, Judge of said Court.

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon. Stephen Minot a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Abraham Dodge do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
Abraham Dodge
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Abraham Dodge took and subscribed the aforewritten Oath before me
Stephen Minot — Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is
twenty six dollars ninety five cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July — A. D.
1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker, Clk

O. W. & N. Division.
F. S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
M.E.C.
Bureau of Pensions,
May 14, 1895.
Washington, D. C.,
Sir:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of Abraham Dodge  2.34759 a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     July 1779 9mo.8da. Pvt. Moses Greenleaf Tupper Mass.  
He enlisted on July 7, 1779, and served as a private in Capt. Moses Greenleaf's company, Col. Tupper's Mass. regiment until the 13th day of April following, a period of 9 months and 8 days; was stationed at Ft. Putnam.
None mentioned.
Battles engaged in,
Not stated.
Residence of soldier at enlistment,
April 20, 1813.
Date of application for pension,
Newburyport, Mass.
Residence at date of application,
Fifty-seven years.
Age at date of application,
He was a brick layer by occupation.
Remarks:
Hon. S. A. Northway, Jefferson, Ohio.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

We the subscribers, Do hereby Certify, that Abraham Dodge who is now making application to the Secretary of War, for a pension allowed by an act of Congress of the United States, "to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," is known to us as a Citizen of the said United States, residing in said Newburyport, and in need of assistance from his Country for support.
Given under our hands at Newburyport this thirtyfirst day of March A.D. 1818
Stepn Howard Arthur Gilman John Sceth. Prescott Spalding
Selectmen
Saron Pardee Nathl Marsh Nicholas Johnson Jr.
Overseers of the Poor

Daniel Dady's deposition for Abraham Dodge

I Daniel Dodge of Newburyport, in the county of Essex, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do testify and declare as follows, viz t . That Abraham Dodge, who is now making application to the Government of the United States, for the benefit of an Act of Congress, providing for certain persons engaged in the land, and Naval Service of the United States, in the revolutionary war; - was a private soldier in said Service, upwards of nine months, he was my apprentice when he enlisted into the Company commanded by Capt. Greenleaf, I do know that he entered the Service, and I have no doubt faithfully did his duty the full term of service for which he was enlisted. —
Daniel Dodge
Essex ss. Newburyport March 30th 1818. Then Daniel Dodge above named personally came and made oath to the truth of the above written declaration by him subscribed before me.
W m Wood Judge M t . Peace

O. W. & N. Div. F. S. M. E. C.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., May 14, 1895.
Sir:-
In response to the request contained in your communication of the 11th instant, I have the honor to enclose herewith official statements of the military services of Zenas Northway and Abraham Dodge, soldiers of the Revolutionary war. No record has been found of any soldier bearing the surname Northway, who received a pension for services rendered from the States of New Hampshire or Vermont.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Hon. S. A. Northway, Jefferson, Ohio.

Mc.
34 759 Pay INVALID.
May 14/95 Pres. W. Hou. S. G. Northway, Jefferson, Ohio.
File No. 34, 759
Abraham Dodge Rev Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 112
[Arrangement of 1870.]